See the marginal reference notes. Both accounts appear to be extracts from a public official register that Nehemiah had prepared for his census. Th…

The heads in Jerusalem: the list, as compared with 1 Chronicles 9:0, is by no means complete. Judah and Benjamin are represented, with …

And his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty and
two
That is, the brethr…

In all ages, people have preferred their own ease and advantage to the public good. Even the profe ors of religion too commonly seek their own, and…